Mantra 2

Sukta 142

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

आशृण्वन्तं यवं देवं यत्र त्वाच्छावदामसि । तदुच्छ्रयस्व द्यौरिव समुद्र इवैध्यक्षितः

IAST Transliteration

āśṛṇvántaṃ yávaṃ deváṃ yátra tvācchā vádāmasi | tád ucchrayásva dyáur iva samudrá iva édhy ákṣitaḥ |

English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)

The godlike Barley, hearkening, whereunto we speak to thee—there rise thou up: like heaven be lofty, like ocean wax thou, unwasting.

Translation

தேவத்தன்மை உடைய யவம், நாம் உன்னை அழைத்து உரைக்கும் இடத்தில் நீ கேட்டு—அங்கேயே உயர்ந்து எழு. வானம்போல் உயரமாக இரு; கடல்போல் அக்‌ஷிதமாக (அழியாமல்) விரிந்து பெருகு.

Word by Word

आशृण्वन्तम्hearing, listening

यवम्barley

देवम्the god; divine one

यत्रwhere

त्वाyou (acc.)

छावदामसिwe call/invoke (you)

तत्then; that

उच्छ्रयस्वrise up; lift yourself

द्यौःthe sky

इवlike

समुद्रःthe ocean

इवlike

एध्यक्षितःfirmly set/established in growth; well-founded (epithet)

Attribution

Rishi: Atharvanic tradition (Anukramaṇī attribution not supplied in input)

Devata: Yava (Barley) as deified prosperity

Chandas: Anuṣṭubh (probable)

Mantra Rasa

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